Pauline Hanson grilled over views on Islam during heated court hearing

Pauline Hanson grilled over views on Islam during heated court hearing

The One Nation leader came under pressure over her repeated public statements criticising Islam during her court battle with Senator Mehreen Faruqi.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn

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‘The ultimate racist slur’:Faruqi pursues Hanson in court over tweet

‘The ultimate racist slur’:Faruqi pursues Hanson in court over tweet

Mehreen Faruqi wants Pauline Hanson to attend anti-racism training at her own expense and to donate $150,000 to charity.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
Council workers accused of Islamophobic chants directed at Muslim mayor

Council workers accused of Islamophobic chants directed at Muslim mayor

Liverpool Council union workers chanted “Put some pork on your fork” and held up a plastic pig in a protest directed at the city’s mayor,Ned Mannoun.

  • byAnthony Segaert
The list of reasons why men are luckier than women is long. But here’s a start

The list of reasons why men are luckier than women is long. But here’s a start

If I were a man,I could lick an ice-cream without every guy in the vicinity imagining me naked.

  • byKathy Lette
Docking rogue politicians’ pay ‘just a slap on the wrist’:Lidia Thorpe

Docking rogue politicians’ pay ‘just a slap on the wrist’:Lidia Thorpe

‘Whatever,let the purge begin’. Some Coalition MPs think a new parliamentary watchdog would be used to pursue vendettas,but Lidia Thorpe says it should be a lot tougher.

  • byOlivia Ireland
Badly behaved politicians face docked pay,suspension under proposed new code

Badly behaved politicians face docked pay,suspension under proposed new code

Politicians who breach parliamentary workplace standards could be fined up to $10,853,according to a leaked draft of new laws.

  • byOlivia Ireland
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The steps being taken to get better treatment for Australia’s autistic people

The steps being taken to get better treatment for Australia’s autistic people

Australia has its first assistant minister for autism and is crafting its first national autism strategy. How the rest of society steps up will be crucial.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Albanese government under fire over ‘disturbing practice’ of secrecy

Albanese government under fire over ‘disturbing practice’ of secrecy

Critics say the government’s use of non-disclosure agreements is accelerating,limiting feedback on contentious draft legislation to hand-picked participants.

  • byMatthew Knott
Education has become Game of Thrones,and we the faithful are cast beyond the wall

Education has become Game of Thrones,and we the faithful are cast beyond the wall

We’ve become the Wildlings of education. All we pray for is the opportunity to educate,to freely associate,and to serve where our help is accepted.

  • byStephen Fogarty
Brazilian police arrest three over killing of councilwoman-turned-icon

Brazilian police arrest three over killing of councilwoman-turned-icon

The assassination of Marielle Franco,a 38-year-old black,bisexual city councillor,in a drive-by shooting shook Brazil profoundly and reverberated around the world.

  • byGabriela Sa Pessoa andDavid Biller
Bradley’s school years were the best of his life. For his twin,James,they were ‘hell’
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Bradley’s school years were the best of his life. For his twin,James,they were ‘hell’

James Elliot-Watson was an obvious candidate for school prefect – his teachers all told him so. Then,one lunchtime,he told a member of staff he was struggling with his sexuality.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos